| A | B |
|---|
| adobe | a mixture of clay and plant fibers that becomes hard as it dries in the sun |
| earthworks | the heaps of soil used for burial mounds or defensive walls |
| Olmecs | they created the earliest American civilization |
| potlatch | a Native American ceremony in which high-ranking persons distribute gifts to many guests |
| maize | the Native American name for corn |
| Inuit | the Native Americans of the Arctic |
| ayullu | an Inca village |
| chinampas | the artificial mud islands the Aztecs built to create farmland |
| Mesa Verde | the location of cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloans |
| Huari | an Andean city that controlled much of Peru's mountain and coastal areas |
